My EdTech Life

Amber Trout, M.Ed. has been in education for the past 11 years as a teacher, coach, and administrator. She formerly held roles as a K-8 educator, STEM Computer Coding Teacher, and Instructional Coach in Colorado, but now she works at Pear Deck/GoGuardian as the Advocates Lead managing the Pear Deck and GoGuardian teacher certification programs. She loves getting to work with educators on a grander...

Chad Pettit is a high school English teacher, Army veteran, fiction author, and poet. He has a master’s degree in English with an emphasis on rhetoric and composition. As a father and teacher, he has witnessed his children and students suffer from the anxiety of high-stakes, standardized testing for far too long. Chad believes that not only are these tests inequitable and biased, they are inaccura...

Steve Martinez is a passionate social science teacher with a fervor for Edtech. He empowers his students through Flipped Classroom and Project-Based Learning. Steve holds his M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction. CUE awarded him the Emerging Teacher of the Year (2022). Most recently, Steve accepted a full-time role with Kamiapp . Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife   Visit the My Ed...

Coral specializes in creating and facilitating engaging learning experiences for in-person, blended, and virtual settings. She has facilitated training and spoken at conferences and events from the local to international level. Coral enjoys finding solutions to problems and loves to explore the dynamics of talent, program/project management, and organizational development.   Connect on Twitter! ht...

Amy founded, friEdTechnology (fried Technology) serves educators across the United States with the best edtech professional development available. When you learn with Amy and her team, you’ll understand why “friEdTechnology,” because everything is better fried.   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife   Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/   Buy me a coff...

Jon shares, speaks and leads educational professional learning for educators internationally. Jon has been named a County Teacher of the Year, 2019 Top 100 Educational Influencer, an NBSA 20 to Watch Educator, an Apple Distinguished Educator, Google Certified Innovator. Jon is the co-author of The Eduprotocol Field Guide, and The Eduprotocol Field Guide Book 2 (both Amazon #1 best-sellers) and con...

Jorge Valenzuela is an education coach, author, and advocate. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in instructional innovation, project-based learning, STEM pathways, and SEL integration across the curriculum. Jorge is the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined and provides professional development on behalf of ASCD, Corwin, Instructional Innovation Partners, and Solution Tree. He ha...

Katie serves as the Director for Curriculum & Technology Integration at Forward Edge in Cincinnati, Ohio, working closely with district leaders to help them identify the needs of their staff, plan professional development (PD) for educators, and implement the PD with staff.   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife  Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/...

STEAMed Drones' CEO, Stevenson Demorcy, believes high expectations trump all obstacles. As a young learner, Stevenson participated in STEAM programs to help him transition from ESL/ELL to Special Education, General education, Honors, and later Advanced Placement. After achieving his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing in education, Demorcy d...

Leslie Weitz is an NFT Project founder and always looking for ways to share family-friendly content in the cryptocurrency space with parents. Join me as I interview Leslie about why this matters so much.    Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife   Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/   Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF...

Each year, millions of preschoolers walk into classrooms for the first time excited about learning and elated to start their journey of education. By their freshman year in high school, those same students dread attending school, with many dropping out. Andre explores where the gap originated and how schools, districts, and communities are combatting the preschool to prison pipeline. It is possibl...

In this episode, Stacey Roshan discusses how to use technology in the classroom to help engage students and get them passionate about learning. We will explore a variety of ways that teachers can use technology to help their students learn, from online tools to flipped classrooms. Join us live for some innovative ideas!   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife   Visit the My EdTech L...

What does culture have to do with coding? Victor Hicks will share how computer science and culture intersect. Victor will also share some great tech tools he is using to help kids develop computational thinking skills.   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife   Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/   Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://...

In an ever-changing digital world, it's more important than ever for educators to keep up with the latest trends and technologies in order to provide the best possible learning experience for their students. Join me as I chat with Trevor Terry about Professional Growth & EdTech Badges. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/support Support the show

In this show, Jacie Maslyk inspires creativity in the classroom by giving examples of how to get creative with teaching methods. Students will enjoy learning in a fun and innovative environment with these ideas!   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife  Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/  Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3L...

Meet Dr. Sarah Thomas, a real-life educator, and edupreneur who will share how she turned her passion for teaching into a successful publishing business.   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit the My EdTech Life Podcast page! https://www.myedtech.life/ Buy me a coffee to keep the creativity flowing! https://bit.ly/3LxSojF Check out our merch store! https://bit.ly/staytechie C...

What's your story? In this episode, I talk with Vernon Wright about the importance of personal branding for educators. Your story is what makes you unique and it's what will set you apart from other educators. Vernon will share tips for creating a powerful personal brand and how to use it to make a difference in your career!   Connect on Twitter! https://twitter.com/myedtechlife Visit th...

Dr. Edith Treviño, also known as “Dr. ET” is a professional education consultant. Dr. ET is also a dynamic storyteller, collector of stories, author, advocate of language, wife, mother, and passionate educator who lives and teaches in La Frontera. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/support Support the show

Steve Grubbs is the founder of VictoryXR, an education metaverse company. Working with higher education and K-12, VXR is creating synchronous learning classrooms in all subject areas. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/myedtechlife/support Support the show

Dr. Luke Hobson is a Senior Instructional Designer and Program Manager at MIT, an Online Instructor for SNHU, and the Founder of Instructional Design Institute. I’m also the author of the book, What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer. It’s safe to say that his life is online learning and he loves sharing his experiences with others to help them learn about instructional design...

Thanks to the support of my #PLF (Personal Learning Family), I have reached a podcasting milestone. It is an honor to be able to share with you some of my reflections and most memorable moments from the show. In addition, I am thrilled to have a great friend as the guest host. Join us for a fun conversation about the first 100 episodes! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/...

George Couros is a worldwide leader in the area of innovative teaching, learning, and leading, and has a focus on innovation as a human endeavor. In his 20 plus years in the field of education, he has worked at all levels of school, from K-12 as a teacher, technology facilitator, and school and district administrator, and is currently an Adjunct Instructor with the Graduate School of Education at...

Katie Novak, Ed. D., is an internationally renowned education consultant, author, graduate instructor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a former Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Massachusetts. With 19 years of experience in teaching and administration, an earned doctorate in curriculum and teaching, and ten published books, Katie designs and presents workshops both nationally and intern...

Josh is a Title I Specialist in Mesa, Arizona. He is also the  CRO (Chief Riffin' Officer) and co-host of the Punk Rock Classrooms Podcast. Josh believes that the punk rock mindset is perfect for education and the ideas of PASSION, UNITY, & DIY found in punk rock can create classrooms and schools where students and staff are engaged, are ALL part of the culture and learning, and have owne...

Ryan Scott hails from beautiful Western Ky! Most importantly, Ryan is a husband and dad. Professionally, he has been in education for 15 years within the elementary/high school levels. He’s been a classroom teacher, RTI specialist, elementary principal and currently serves as the Assistant Principal at Webster County High School in Dixon,Kentucky. Ryan is a staunch proponent of connectionsB4conten...